The Laboratory for Physical Metallurgy (MetLab) is a Shared Experimental Facility within MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Designed to support both research and teaching, MetLab provides essential resources for metallurgical investigations, including metallography, sample preparation, heat treatment, characterization, and mechanical testing of materials. While its foundation lies in metallurgy, the facility serves a […]
SLAC fired the most intense submicron electron beam in history
Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed an ultrashort electron beam with five times the peak current of any previous beam, addressing a major challenge in particle accelerator and beam physics: generating high-power electron beams without compromising quality. This breakthrough opens new research possibilities in quantum chemistry, astrophysics, and materials science. “Not only can […]
Chance discovery improves stability of bioelectronic material used in medical implants, computing and biosensors
A chance discovery by scientists from Rice University, University of Cambridge, and Stanford University has streamlined the production of PEDOT:PSS, a material widely used in medical research and computing. For over two decades, a chemical crosslinker was used to stabilize this conductive polymer in water. However, while experimenting with patterning techniques for biomedical optics, Stanford […]
Scientists merge two “impossible” materials into new artificial structure
An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has created a synthetic quantum structure by merging two lab-synthesized materials, previously thought impossible to combine. This exotic structure, developed through four years of experimentation, could provide new insights for quantum computing. The structure consists of distinct atomic layers: dysprosium titanate, used in nuclear reactors to […]
Strange behavior in ultra-thin materials
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Ph.D. student Nofar Fridman and Prof. Yonathan Anahory, have discovered unexpected behavior in superconductivity within extremely thin materials. Superconductors, which allow electric current to flow without resistance, typically exhibit predictable changes when thinned. However, the team found surprising results when studying thin films of niobium diselenide […]